Because Iím the official waiting list and party deck beat writer for The Washington Post, the first thing I seized on from Bruce Allenís Friday appearance on The John Thompson Show was [URL="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/dc-sports-bog/post/bruce-allen-on-fedex-party-decks-and-the-waiting-list/2011/07/18/gIQAmwEmLI_blog.html"][COLOR=#0c4790]Allenís comments about the waiting list and party decks[/COLOR][/URL]. But he also talked, briefly, about football, and said at least one interesting thing: the Redskins coaching staff has already prepared a shorter introduction to the playbook to more quickly get rookies and free agents up to speed when this longest of offseasons finally ends.